Understanding Calling
For those wanting to grow into who God has called them to be, so they can do what God has called them to do. Hosted by Alistair Forman, this is an informal discipleship focused podcast that also acts a front door to a wider community of people growing and encouraging each other in their calling journeys.
Check out our Patreon for options to become part of the community.
www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membership
Episodes
10 episodes
Ep 10: ‘The Four Versions of You’ - The Questions We Ask to Discover Who God Made Us To Be and The One Way We Find Out
We all ask ourselves questions about who God made us to be:- Is who I dream I could one day be "The real me"? - Is it the person I am on my worst day?- Is the real me the one that feels like my be...
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Episode 10
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40:39
Ep 9: Mark Burlinson on the Effects of the Orphan Spirit and Sonship Revelation on Our Callings, and the Wisdom Found in the Life Languages to Understand How We Were Made to Flourish Wherever We Are
This week I am speaking to Mark Burlinson, who along with his wife Jane pastors Catch the Fire Church in Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.Mark has pastored in numerous denominations and movements, including during the outpouring of the Hol...
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Episode 9
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53:07
Ep 8: ‘Put a Hand on the Bucket’ - Letting God Empty You As You Start 2026
A new year is upon us, but many of us are still full and overflowing with the last year...This shorter episode is an offering for what I am doing this January and might be for those who are still considering what they want to do, with in...
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Ep 7: ‘Seasons...’ What Does God Do Through Them? How Do We Discern Them? How Do We Navigate Them? What Matters Most?
One of the most used words in Christendom these days seems to be 'Seasons'.We talk about being in a season, coming out of one and into another, navigating them and contending with what God is teaching us in them.What is the theolo...
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Ep 6: Tom Allsop on Embracing Hiddenness, Contentment in a Calling that Fits You and What’s More Important than a ‘Big Calling’
Tom Allsop is the Pastor of Catch the Fire: Three Rivers Church in Hertfordshire England and this week I get to sit down and talk with him about what a life led by calling looks like.We talk about failure in calling, humility, choosi...
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Episode 6
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Ep 5: The 8 Expressions of Calling
God calls a life over a lifetime - that means there is more than one thing you and I are called to do with our lives. The bible shows us ways calling in the Kingdom can be expressed, these are not fixed or rigid categories for us to...
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Episode 5
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41:18
EP 4: Is Reaching the Potential of Our Gifting, Vision, Prophetic Words and Dreams God’s First Priority For Our Calling?
Gifts, skills, prophetic words and dreams, vision for our future and the 'what if's' of our younger years - all of these feed into what 'our potential' is.A vital question we need to ask ourselves as we pursue our God given calling is
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Episode 4
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Ep 3: Taking What You Know and the Best from What You've Been Taught About Hearing God’s Voice…and Letting the Rest Go
Check out our Patreon for ways to become part of the community and our monthly video calls: https://www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membershipEp 3: Here’s a breakdown of what we’re contending wit...
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30:59
Ep 2: Identity: Who have You been, Who are You now…and Who are You going to be?
Check out our Patreon for ways to become part of the community and our monthly video calls: https://www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membershipEp 2: This episode is full of questions for you to consider about...
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47:28
Pilot: The Unrelenting Mystery of Calling and How God Uses A Life, Over A Lifetime
Check out our Patreon for ways to become part of the community and our monthly video calls: https://www.patreon.com/c/understandingcalling/membershipPilot Episode: God calls all of us to be something...
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Episode 1
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